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schooloftuneage · 1 year ago

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Mike Pinder died today.

That won''t matter to most of you out there. Pinder isn't the best known berk out there, but to me, he... he was a big deal.

My love of music - my love of rock, my love of the philosophy of rock - was largely informed in my formative years by a group called the Moody Blues, who were one of the first prog groups out there. They did sampling before it was cool, courtesy of a keyboard that played samples off magnetic tape (The Mellotron, which was a convoluted beast). They used computer editing before it was cool, vis a vis big-ass mainframe computers. One of their biggest hits became a hit years after its release because a deejay in Texas needed a long song for bathroom breaks.

Pinder was one of the original lineup.

The last of the Magnificent Moodies.

He will be missed.

And if that ain't the kick in the ass I needed to write another lesson, I don't know what is.

Class will be in session again soon. Until then, here's your song of the indefinite time period... a little something to whet your whistle.

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#Not a lesson #Though it's close #School of Tuneage #Music #The Moody Blues #Prog Rock #Ride My See-Saw #Youtube

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buchi-to-pichi · 2 years ago

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Not Quite Back....

Just yet, I'm not quite back. But I am working heavily on it, and working on the direction we want to take everything. If that's all you'd like to know, awesome! I hope to see you all in the next month or so with everything working again.

If you'd like something a bit deeper, I've perhaps opened up a bit too much under the cut 😅

I have finished college, finally. I had two jobs which the college had promised me, in my field of graphic design, but unfortunately neither of them wanted me. One of the biggest reasons they didn't is because I am extremely shy in sharing my work, to the point of it causing a hinderance in my life.

My anxiety is one of the big things this project was created for, an attempt to make me feel a bit more comfortable in showing my work. It is something I've always struggled with, in extreme ways. I rarely show my art to anyone, and I always get rid of it. Digital art is never saved, and physical art isn't, either - I always throw it away, because the thought of anyone seeing it is just too much for me.

I don't know why it bothers me so much, but it's something I'm actively working against. Everything in this project has been an attempt to show people my work, and it's been amazing seeing how many people love it. But it's also been very hard to post consistently, because I find it chipping at my mentality every time. When combined with the stresses of life, everything can quickly become too stressful.

I am going to be reworking things in a way that may seem that I'm becoming a bit less 'here', but that is mostly for my own comfort. I am hoping to post less frequently, but with more detailed posts, with worksheets to help study. I am also hoping to revamp my books, with the intention of having a sellable version; were I able to make this more profitable, I may be able to quit my secondary job. (This would be amazing, as I would love to focus more on this project.)

To anyone bothering to read all of that, thank you so much! I don't mean it as any kind of excuse for why I've been gone, but rather an explanation for why I can appear poor at taking care of this blog.

I'll see you all soon, with new ideas and new lessons!

#Not A Lesson #We're working on it though xx

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lessonsfromthehellsite · 8 months ago

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oh what the actual motherfuck

Twitch is gonna start kinda censoring queer people and it would be really helpful if you could read the next few sentences and then also go to a link and click the word vote.

They're implementing a new rule where if you discuss "sensitive social issues" at all you have to flag your streams as such, these issues include things like war and political unrest but also any lgbtq topics (once again our existence is political).

Essentially a streamer will have to choose between never ever mentioning anything queer (or even just discussing their own life if they're queer themselves) or flagging every stream with "sensitive social issues" and scaring away 90% of viewers.

If you have a twitch account you can go here and log in and click vote. They do listen. Please vote.

#important #not a lesson

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m00wd · 6 months ago

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Sometimes you need to sleep, sleep a lot. Not to escape, but to rest your soul from your feelings. Because everything, absolutely everything devours you. Completely.

—Brain